FADE IN:
INT. HORRID NOVOTEL WEST, HAMMERSMITH NIGHT.
In a dim, shabby London hotel room whose minibar is devoid of ALCOHOL, a slim, attractive Eastern European WOMAN glances up from a laptop computer to gaze at a flickering television showing RANDOM FILM transfixing MAN, aging, paunchy, gouty.
Who is that?
MAN
Who is who?
WOMAN
That. That guy.
MAN
Um. Val Kilmer?
WOMAN
No it's not.
MAN
It looks like Val Kilmer.
WOMAN
No, it's that guy who died.
MAN
Oh, yeah. You're right. Heath Ledger.
WOMAN
Yeah, it is. That's so sad. How did he die?
MAN
I don't think they know yet. Some are saying suicide.
WOMAN
He was so young. Was it the success, do you think? Did his success kill him?
MAN
I don't know much about it.
WOMAN
I don't want success to kill you. I don't want you to be successful.
MAN
Yeah, don't worry about that, honey.
FADE TO BLACK
Har. Success isn’t going to kill me either.
That gave me quite a chuckle.
Also, careful with the combination of Valium, Xanax, Oxycontin and Ambien. With drinking. That’ll get ya, too. Apparently. Who knew?
Love the pic! Gorgeous.
PS Try Tylenol with Codeine washed down with a shooter of Tanqueray…breakfast of champions (we actually drank this in high school)
Gouty?
Love the screenplay style. You should do that for all your “Conversations” posts.
I can’t wait to see this on the big screen. I smell an Oscar. Who will play the slim attractive Eastern European woman? Natalie Portman? Who will play the paunchy, aging man? Brad Pitt? (Hey Brad – SNAP!)
Yeah, GOUTY?
Jdog and gaoo: I have a gouty toe. Is that so wrong?
Roo: is Clooney gouty? I’m pretty sure Clooney’s gouty. In any case I am now in love with the sound of those two words together.
hahahha.